HOTEL FIRE
NARROW ESCAPES OF INMATE
(Per Press Association.) , Wanganui, last night. McCarthy’s Family Hotel, opposite'the railway station, was destroyed by fire at, 11.25 on Thursday night. There were sixteen boarders in the house and they, with the servants and owner’s - family, escaped with only their night clothes. One man, named Jas. Gilpin, was taken to thi~ hospital, suffering from burnt ieet, sustained by running barefoot down a passage. i. The building was insured for £ISOO, *8
risk being divided as followsLondon 71 and £SOO, Alliance £SOO, Oommerolal £SOO. The stock and furniture was insured £9OO. Of this £4OO was held by the North British and Mercantile ; the-* other risks were not ascertainable.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1436, 22 April 1905, Page 2
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113HOTEL FIRE Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1436, 22 April 1905, Page 2
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